Ivor Wood

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Ivor Wood (May 4, 1932 — October 13, 2004) was a British stop-motion animator who is best known for his work on children's television series.

Born in Leeds, Yorkshire, to a British father and a French mother, his family moved to the mountains near Lyon in France after the Second World War, where he was educated. He studied fine art in Paris, and later worked in an advertising agency in Paris, where he met Serge Danot. Together they made the acclaimed French series Le Manège Enchanté (known in English as The Magic Roundabout), with Wood as the animator.

Following the success of the Magic Roundabout in the UK, Wood became both animator and director for a number of British animated children's programmes, starting with The Herbs in 1968. During the 1970s he animated and directed Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings, The Wombles and Paddington. During the 1980s he set up his own production company, Woodland Animations, which made the series Gran, Bertha, Charlie Chalk and Postman Pat.

He is survived by his wife Josiane and one son.

[edit] External links

• Ivor Wood at the Internet Movie Database